Local News admits call of a shooting was a hoax.

Video Transcript:

Cooper James 4570 here. This video is in response to a shooting that took place and a community close to me, Alchemist High School. And I wasn't buying the initial thing that somebody had called in and said that there was a shooting going on. But they had multiple police agencies arrive and they're all praising themselves for the great job that they did and everything. But I think it was just an active shooter drill training scenario. Like you guys kind of way and I tell me what you think. I'll go ahead and play the video. Everybody performed very, very, very well. Police officials are commending both Alchemist High School and first responders for what they say was an exceptional response to an active shooter threat. We heard nothing. We saw nothing. You're really quiet. You know, you would think in an actual active shooter situation, there would be some screams and yells. There would be kids running out of the building. We saw none of that. Great lockdown procedures rapid response in a smooth evacuation where they take away from yesterday morning. Surprise after a horrifying phone call sent multiple police agencies into action. They said that there had been people that were shot and that the violence was still ongoing. And it's not like this occurs. It's an all-hands-un-deck type situation. So, you know, units just are responding who are available from all over the county. Meridian Township Police were the first on the scene. They were inside the high school within three minutes of the fake call and within six minutes had cleared the room where supposedly the shooting had happened. That is an incredible response. Meridian Police tell me it's all thanks to previous training and plans set in place with the schools. As you can see, it takes a lot of people to manage this type of a situation. You can insert an officer from Lansing Township, you can insert an officer from Williams Stead, insert an officer from Radian Township, and we all know what to do because we all have the same type of training. As for the school, they made it much easier for all parties involved. They really made a huge difference in the response for us as well as, you know, the ongoing safety of the kids that go to school. When Meridian Police tell me they will debrief with all of their Inham County partners that were involved in the incident to talk about what they did right in ways to improve God forbid something like this happened for real.